“This may sound like heresy, but it is the greatest truth! It is more difficult to let God love us, than to love Him! The best way to love Him in return is to open our hearts and let Him love us. Let Him draw close to us and feel Him close to us. This is really very difficult: letting ourselves be loved by Him. And that is perhaps what we need to ask today in the Mass: 'Lord, I want to love You, but teach me the difficult science, the difficult habit of letting myself be loved by You, to feel You close and feel Your tenderness ! May the Lord give us this grace.” WayWantNeedsGivingFeelsHeartMayTodayAsksDifficultSoundLordTeachGraceLove YouReturnHabitLetting GoMassDrawsBest WayGod LoveTendernessHeresyGod Loves UsI Want To Love You Author:Pope Francis
“I too have sworn heedlessly and all the time, I have had this most repulsive and death-dealing habit. I'm telling your graces; from the moment I began to serve God , and saw what evil there is in forswearing oneself, I grew very afraid indeed, and out of fear I applied the brakes to this old, old, habit.” MomentsEvilSawsGraceGrewHabitOneselfServing GodBrakeOld Habits Author:Saint Augustine
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.” MenNextGraceDogDangerousHabitDignityMethodLaysPropertyIslamThis LifeCurseProphetInsecurityFollowersApathyFearfulCommerceAgricultureSanctityRefinementFrenzySluggishRadical IslamProselytizing Book:Churchill: The Power of Words Source: Churchill: The Power of Words
“Let a man begin in earnest with "I ought," and he will end, by God's grace, if he persevere, with "I will." Let him force himself to abound in all small offices of kindliness, attention, affectionateness, and all these for God's sake. By and by he will feel them become the habit of his soul.” IfsMenFeelsSoulEndsForceAttentionGraceDutyOughtHabitOfficeSakeEarnestPersevereGod's GraceKindliness Author:Frederick William Robertson
“Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without a comment is a wonderful social grace ... Children who have the habit of constantly correcting should be stopped before they grow up to drive spouses and everyone else crazy by interrupting stories to say, 'No, dear -- it was Tuesday, not Wednesday.” ShouldChildrenStoriesSocialGrowsMistakeGrowing UpGraceWonderfulCrazyHabitDearAllowingCommentSpouseUnimportantTuesdayWednesdayCorrectingInterruptingSocial Graces Author:Judith Martin
“Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting.” IfsGrowthNaturalQualityPracticeGraceHabitLastingCharming Book:Pensées of Joubert Source: Pensées of Joubert
“The grace of novelty and the length of habit, though so very opposite to one another, yet agree in this, that they both alike keepus from discovering the faults of our friends.” FriendshipGraceFriendsHabitOppositesAgreeFaultsLengthDiscoveringNovelty Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“True repentance is no light matter. It is a thorough change of heart about sin, a change showing itself in godly sorrow and humiliation - in heartfelt confession before the throne of grace - in a complete breaking off from sinful habits, and an abiding hatred of all sin. Such repentance is the inseparable companion of saving faith in Christ.” HeartMatterLightChristSinGraceHabitSorrowHatredSavingCompanionRepentanceConfessionThronesHumiliationGodlyAbidingInseparableHeartfeltThoroughChange Of HeartTrue Repentance Author:J. C. Ryle
“Tithing isn't the ceiling of giving; it's the floor. It's not the finish line of giving; it's just the starting blocks. Tithes can be the training wheels to launch us into the mind-set, skills, and habits of grace giving.” GivingGraceHabitTrainingBlockTithe Author:Randy Alcorn
“A love story is not about those who lost their heart but about those who find that sullen inhabitant who, when it is stumbled upon, means the body can fool no one, can fool nothing—not the wisdom of sleep or the habit of social graces. It is a consuming of oneself and the past.” HeartMeanStoriesBodyPastLostSocialSleepGraceFoolHabitOneselfLove StoryConsumingSullenSocial Graces Book:The English Patient Source: The English Patient
“What a blessed habit I have found my prayer list, morning by morning, it takes me via the Throne of all Grace straight to the intimate personal heart of each one mentioned here, and I know that He Who is not prescribed by time and geography answers immediately.” KnowsHeartFoundPrayerAnswersMorningGraceHabitBlessedListsIntimateTake MeThronesGeography Author:Oswald Chambers